Erdogan, in power for two decades, faces elections within four months. Even before the earthquake, opinion polls showed he was under pressure from a cost-of-living crisis, which could worsen as the disaster disrupted agricultural production.
Soylu said 313,000 tents have been set up in the earthquake zone, along with 100,000 container houses.
Turkey’s death toll in this month’s devastating earthquakes has risen to 43,556, Soylu said overnight.
Soylu said 7,930 aftershocks had occurred since the first quake on February 6, and more than 600,000 apartments and 150,000 commercial complexes had suffered at least moderate damage.
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